Camera hacking day.

[woodbob123]

On Jan 12th I will be running a day on Practical camera hacking at Magor Marsh educational centre Nr J23 M4, full details are on the site along with how to book. Basically it is how to hack a budget compact digital camera to do time lapse remote triggering etc. almost any cheap compact will do to start and I will have some tools and equipment to do some over the day. Some simple (very) programming of an arduino will be demonstrated.  Last year it filled up very quick and numbers are limited so if you are interested get on to Gwent wildlife site.  Also will cover simple microscope and telescope use. No theory or technical knowledge is reqd.   Bob

[woodbob123]

Got the date wrong it's on Sat 10th

The ability to use the arduino and fit a larger battery to a dslr (with no mods to camera) is that if we get clear nights around the 13th is I can set up several cameras to take 10,20,30 second exposures all night compacts can be set to take an exposure every 10 seconds while I'm sleeping or watching.

Full details are now on the Gwent Wildlife web site    Bob